Sophomore Travon Godette unleashes a throw of 198 feet to qualify provisionally for the NCAA championships. (Photo by Mickey Curtis)
SPRINGFIELD – Westfield State University sophomore Travon Godette shattered the school record and placed first in the javelin at the New England Division III men’s outdoor track and field championships on Saturday, May 3, at Springfield College.
Godette (Orange, Mass./Mahar Regional) uncorked the javelin 213 feet, four inches to surpass the former record of 208 feet even set by Dave Bergeron in 2006. In addition, Godette easily surpassed his previous best throw of 203-2 at the April 27 MASCAC championships. After unleashing his sensational record breaking throw on his second attempt, Godette passed on his final four attempts. Placing second was UMass Dartmouth’s Brett Croteau with a throw of 204-3.
Godette led the Owls to a 17th place team finish by also earning All-New England honors with a sixth place in the high jump by clearing 6-6.
Also earning All-New England honors were John Tomlin in the triple jump (8th place, 42-11 1/3) and the 4 x 400 relay squad of Tomlin, Kyle Sullivan, Mike Stender, and Carmelo Solivan (6th, 3:21.91).
Other top performances for Westfield included: Zack Madera (11th, 200, 22.53), Stender (9th, 400, 50.32), Matt Moussamih (15th, 800, 1:56.12), Steve Connolly (3,000 steeplechase, 10th, 9:41.93), Mike Kelleher (15th, steeplechase, 9:57.06), 4 x 800 relay (10th, 8:03.95), Tomlin (15th, high jump, 6-0), Zack Delisle (9th, pole vault, 14-3 ¼), Dayvon Williams (12th, triple jump, 41-6), Steve Sam (10th, discus), and John Latour (12th, long jump, 20-11 ½).
